A Guide to the John Hiram McLean Papers, ca. 1855-1950

John Hiram McLean (1862-1931) was a
judge from Llano County, Texas. Papers include correspondence, letter-press books,
speeches, calendars, photos, drawings, legal and financial records, account books,
and associated business records, and other related records, and document McLean's
life and career.

The John Hiram McLean papers include correspondence, letter-press books, tax receipts
and estate material, deeds, speeches, calendars, diary, clippings, court cases, land
records, account books, Certificates of Incorporation of the Texas Graphite and
Asbestos Company, other business papers including bills, invoices, checks, and
certificates, and photographs, which document McLean's life and career. The
collection is divided into four series: personal, legal and court, land records, and
business records. The personal series is comprised of correspondence, a diary,
estate material, and calendars. The legal and court records include criminal cases,
bills and suits collected, jury lists, and indexes. The land records pertain to
lands for lease and sale in Llano County, and include deeds, abstracts,
certificates, and other related records. Finally, the business records series of the
papers contains certificates, bills, invoices, and a ledger book.

Items of note in the collection include correspondence and business records from as
early as the 1880s to 1930, School Board records, 1891-1907, criminal cases,
1890s-1920s, a wrapped ledger of court cases, and land records and deeds for Llano
County, 1875-1922.

Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s "History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light" project, 2009-2011.